CORTLAND, NY – The Buffalo State women's hockey team dropped a 9-0 decision to No. 15 Cortland on Friday evening in the opening game of 2024.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Cortland – 9, Buffalo State – 0
LOCATION: Alumni Arena – Cortland, NY
RECORDS: Cortland (9-3-1, 6-2-1 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (1-11-1, 0-7-0 SUNYAC)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Emma Ramseier (Oak Creek, WI/Milwaukee Jr. Admirals) and Vanessa Willick (Williamsville, NY/Buffalo Bisons) each had four shots on goal to lead Buffalo State.
• Jessica Auge (Laingsburg, MI/Honeybaked Detroit) stopped a season-high 56 shots in goal for the Bengals.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bethany Horvatits (Elma, NY/Cazenovia Chiefs) was stopped on a breakaway early in the first period with a chance to give the Bengals an early lead.
• Buffalo State killed off the first power play of the game for the Red Dragons, but the Bengals took another penalty shortly after, allowing the hosts to capitalize for a 1-0 advantage.
• Just over a minute later, Cortland doubled its advantage on a rebound to take a 2-0 edge into the intermission.
• The hosts scored a third goal just over four minutes in the second period, then added a fourth goal at 13:08 of the frame, leading 4-0 into the second intermission.
• The Red Dragons scored five times in the third period to seal the game, including three goals in the span of just over two minutes.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Meggan Cramer and Jillian Hlasnick each scored twice to lead Cortland.

UP NEXT
The two teams go back at it again tomorrow at 3 pm.